Former Kentucky basketball player Michael Porter sentenced to two years in prison

11:35 AM,
Aug. 1, 2013

Ex-UK basketball player Michael Porter was arrested in May of 2012.

Written by

Jonathan Lintner
jlintner@courier-journal.com

A Fayette County judge on Thursday sentenced former University of Kentucky basketball player Michael Porter to two years in prison on Thursday for committing sex acts with an underage girl.

Police arrested Porter in May of 2012 following an investigation that turned up evidence he had sexual relations with a girl at church functions, where Porter was a group leader. The incidents happened from November 2009 to April 2010, when the girl was 14 and 15 years old

Porter pleaded guilty to the crime in May. He was originally scheduled for ...